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Be one of the first to stay at this ultra-luxury safari lodge
&Beyond’s new camp – the first to open in the 18,000-hectare Suyian Conservancy in Kenya – combines refinement with open-hearted hospitality.
At $11,000 a day, these cruises are testing travellers’ limits
Luxury brand Aman’s yacht-like voyages have become a new status symbol and a litmus test for ultra-high-end cruising.
Shouting match over Higgins doco at Senate hearing
Liberal senator Sarah Henderson and Labor’s Michelle Ananda-Rajah traded verbal blows during a chaotic late-night estimates hearing.
How music made it cool for anyone to go to a synagogue again
Two blocks away from where violent protests marred Sydney’s streets, shows that mark a quiet move towards healing after the Bondi massacre will soon start.
Decidedly horny Wuthering Heights has one demographic in its sights
Emerald Fennell’s version of the Bronte classic is a two-hour thirst trap with two hot leads who have real chemistry but are occasionally dwarfed by the film.
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AUSTRAC boss Brendan Thomas’ unlikely road to the top
The man who runs our national financial crime watchdog left school at 14 and was told he couldn’t get an apprenticeship because he was Aboriginal. It was a mighty motivator.
Frank sold his last company for $180m. Now he’s tackling your bulging inboxes
After his father went bankrupt, Realbase co-founder Frank Greeff grew up talking about money every day. Now, he’s using those lessons to build his next AI venture.
Inside the mind of one of Australia’s best winter Olympians
What does it take to win gold? It’s having the kind of mindset that got aerial skier Alisa Camplin-Warner onto the podium just six weeks after breaking both her ankles.
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The metric that reveals if your body is primed for a hard workout
Heart rate variability can tell you whether to take it easy or aim for maximum intensity to achieve optimal results – but only if you measure and interpret it properly.
Forget Google maps – this WA founder knows the real lie of the land
Each songline acts like the metadata for an internal biological GPS system, says Kado Muir of Dilji Corporation.
Yesterday
In pictures: wildlife and luxury at a Kenyan safari lodge
Photographer Louie Douvis spends a week at @Beyond Suyian Lodge immersed in the wilderness and cultural richness of Kenya’s central highlands.
This inventive but disturbing series has echoes of Adolescence
Jack Thorne dives into toxic masculinity again in his adaptation of Lord of the Flies, showing the ease with which the boys devolve to their darker impulses.
How I learnt to love slow running in a pace-obsessed world
When you learn to enjoy the “party pace”, you rewire your definition of success. Maybe we all need more of that.
The garden-to-table fine diner that’s determined to outdo Noma
This two Michelin star Canadian restaurant is setting a provocative new agenda for fine dining, leaf by leaf.
Why this superstar designer is resurrecting a forgotten visionary
Pierre Yovanovitch is reissuing 10 furniture pieces by the designer loved by the Beverly Hills elite, including Elizabeth Taylor and Cary Grant.
4 sports that add years to your life (and one that might add a decade)
Research suggests that some sports may offer a bigger longevity boost than others.
11 luxurious Valentine’s Day gift ideas to spoil your special someone
From a date-night idea to gold and diamonds – our Spend editor has a raft of suitably decadent suggestions for the most romantic day of the year.
This Month
Does this Mercedes-Benz limo prove high-end cars can’t be electric?
The prophesied migration to an all-EV future has proven a difficult sell for the world’s most elite car brands including Mercedes-Benz, which as just unveiled a petrol-powered S-Class.
RecipeTin Eats’ beloved Instagram dog dies
Before he died, almost 5000 followers had commented on chef Nagi Maehashi’s blog post about the dog’s declining health.
In a make-or-break year, Apple pitches for screen dominance
In a brave new world of all-you-can-watch slop, the technology giant’s streaming platform has decided to try doing things the old way in its bid for eyeballs.
Yoga and run clubs: The reinvention of modern music festivals
As health culture increases and alcohol consumption decreases, music festivals have a new normal which includes wellness playlists alongside the music.
Margot Robbie’s leading a trend making the red carpet relevant again
At the Paris premiere of Wuthering Heights, the Aussie actress wore a Victorian-inspired gown by Chanel. She’s not the only star doing method dressing.
Major donor walks out, pulls funding over show ‘repulsive’ to Jews
Jacqui Scheinberg has accused the Sydney Festival’s flagship show of including comments that demean Holocaust victims.
Anti-Zionist author to appear with Sky News host at writers festival
The Newcastle Writers Festival invited Randa Abdel-Fattah before her presence blew up Adelaide Writers Week, but they haven’t rescinded.
Everyone is missing the point about the Melania movie
Brett Ratner’s documentary isn’t really a movie at all. It’s the hard launch of a new lifestyle brand – and the clues are all there in black and white.
‘I’m sorry but your husband is having an affair with my wife’
In this edited extract from her book “Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage”, Belle Burden describes the day her husband tipped her world on its head.
After her gilded marriage imploded, this lawyer decided to tell all
Belle Burden’s memoir about her marriage breakdown reads like a love story and a horror story and, in one nail-biting section, like a financial thriller.
How Annie Leibovitz broke the mould photographing women
Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Stormy Daniels are among 130 photographs in a new tome celebrating the artist’s work.
